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Department of Anthropology
and Tribal Development
The department is offering
specialization in Medical Anthropology and Tribal Development.
Besides the courses in the table, Ph.D s have been awarded on
some crucial topics like genetic analysis, disease prevalence
in isolated community, tribal unrest. The course contents also
deal with issues and concerns covering different dimensions of
human rights and development. The departmental field work have
been conducted on the tribals inhabiting remote areas. The
department published a number of articles, papers and books
covering different ethnographic areas. Department also
completed a number of research projects like Rehabilitation
and Displacement, Nutritional Status of the korwas, Tribal
Indebtedness, Monograph and Village Studies. The department is
in close collaboration with the local NGOs for productive
research and development. Department organized a Refresher
course in Anthropology and sociology, memorial lectures on
Globalization of culture, workshop on Tribal Self-Rule,
Seminars on ‘Women empowerment’ and ‘Intersection of Religious
and social upliftment of Harizons in central India’ and held
lecture series for the students, research scholars, NGOs and
government officials related to tribal affairs. Department
invited two ful-bright scholars from U.S.A.. Ministry of Human
Resource development, Government of India, sanctioned grants
to establish the Sahid Bir Narayan Singh Chair with a view to
conduct research on primitive tribe and to work for
documentation and preservation of cultural information,
knowledge and resources. |
